With the state of anticipation that prevailed in the world and the reserved international statements commenting on the fall of Afghanistan into the grip of the Taliban, China was the first country in the world to welcome the Taliban’s takeover of the country and said that China was ready to enhance friendly and cooperative relations with the Taliban, only one day after the Taliban took over. The Taliban took over Kabul. While thousands of Afghans were trying to escape from the hell of the Islamists, not only that, a few days ago the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman praised the Taliban, describing them as more rational and clearer than they were 20 years ago. It should be noted that while the Taliban was waging battles to seize Afghanistan About two weeks before they seized the capital, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi received a high-level delegation from the Taliban in Beijing. The Taliban have expressed their welcome for cooperation with China and the opening of the country to Chinese investments. The official Chinese position welcoming the Taliban and rushing to establish friendship with them is the opposite of its previous position when the Taliban rose to rule Afghanistan at the end of the 1990s. This shift in position can be explained by the shift in Chinese foreign policies towards expansion. Regionally and internationally, and most importantly, China seeks to economically control the largest possible number of countries and keep them at China’s mercy, in addition to the usual Chinese ambitions for the natural wealth of various countries. This is the same approach that it has undertaken in many poor African countries within the framework of debt trap policies. Especially since Afghanistan is rich in rare minerals such as lithium and copper, and the reserves of rare minerals in Afghanistan are estimated at one trillion to three trillion dollars, which is a valuable treasure for China, which seeks to tighten a global monopoly on these minerals. In addition, it is in China’s interest to ensure a degree of stability on the Pakistani border. Afghanistan, in order to secure large Chinese investments in Pakistan. Despite China’s official speech broadcast by Chinese propaganda mouthpieces about the failure of the American intervention in Afghanistan, China was one of the beneficiaries of the American presence in Afghanistan, as it exploited the Afghan copper mines, taking advantage of the quasi-stability created by the intervention. The American. On the Taliban side, the Taliban declared that China is an ally and, through its spokesman Suhail Shaheen, welcomed Chinese investment in exploiting the country’s natural resources and carrying out infrastructure projects. This cooperation between China and the Taliban group is a real threat to global security and peace, as China and the Taliban are examples of authoritarian regimes that do not recognize the values of freedom. Pluralism does not care about the rights of citizens and only knows the language of force and tyranny. Let us imagine the condition of the Afghan people under the rule of a barbaric Islamic group supported by an oppressive regime that systematically violates the rights of its citizens and provides it with technology and means of oppression. And we can imagine the global threat from this group that only believes in invasion. And killing, expanding, and enslaving others if it has huge financial resources.
